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Marooned by caste...and rising floodwaters
In caste-ridden Bihar, in the village of Math-chilaven, it is the Brahmins who are discriminated against by the powerful Yadavs. The Brahmins of Math-chilaven, a village that is entirely cut off during the monsoon months, do not even have a voice in the elections More... Little panchayat, percentage rajIn Andhra Pradesh, the Naidu government's Janmabhoomi model of development gutted the panchayats and curbed local democracy. Hence, the panchayats have proved totally ineffective during the agrarian crisis, reports P SainathMore... Micro-credit, maxi riskLandless agricultural workers, who attempt to earn money on their meagre savings by acting as small-time moneylenders, are also casualties of the debt-driven farmers' suicides in Andhra Pradesh More... Anatomy of a health disasterIn the past decade, the little access the poor in Andhra Pradesh had to healthcare has declined sharply. Now, health spending is amongst the fastest growing components of rural family debt, and high medical costs a contributory factor in the farmers' suicides More... Death of a carpenterBesides farmers, the stagnation in the agricultural sector and crop failure due to prolonged drought in Andhra Pradesh has also affected the livelihoods of many non-farm groups like potters, leather-workers and carpenters More... Sinking borewells, rising debtThe borewell craze in Telangana has ruined the region's water table and sunk impoverished farmers deeper into debt More... When farmers dieAlmost every sector failed the Andhra Pradesh farmer -- the government, the political class, intellectuals, planners, human rights groups, a once-activist judiciary and the media More... Fear and loathing in god's own countryAkshara (8) and Ananthu (6) have been boycotted at school and in their village of Kodiyoor in Kerala because they are HIV-positive. Following pressure from several quarters, they have now been allotted a separate room at school in which to study, and a new teacher More... Harvesting rain, auctioning gainThe auctioning of water in the Integrated Watershed Development Project in the Shivalik foothills of Haryana suggests that this is a significant new participatory approach to watershed development More... Playing golf beside a watery graveIt seems inconceivable that some time in the near future people will be playing golf on what was once fertile agricultural land belonging to the struggling people of the Narmada. If a Rs 170 crore proposal by the Sardar Sarovar Nigam Ltd (SSNL) to develop tourism facilities at Kevadia, the site of the Sardar Sarovar dam, goes ahead, that's exactly what will happen More... Living with floodsThere was a time when the people of north Bihar, India's most flood-prone state, celebrated the monsoons and lived with floods. How and when did they become victims of floods, struggling to control the waters? Now, a silent movement to empower citizen's groups to re-establish their cultural ownership over rivers is taking shape More... The importance of minority educationAt a conference on minority welfare and education, held recently in the capital, members expressed their views on the position of minorities in India today, their problems, and what needs to be done to improve their status More... Orissa's child domestic workers: The 'nowhere' childrenIn a state where 48% live below the poverty line, and where natural disasters take their toll every year, it is not surprising that the population of child labour has increased by 15%. Many of these children work as domestic workers, abused, burnt and exploited in every way More... |
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